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  • Tags: RAF Newmarket
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Robert joined the RAF at the end of 1938, aged 18. He flew with 99 Squadron, spending three and a half years overseas. Robert recalls how his older brother was a regular soldier in the 1920s, before the war, and his mother was a kitchen maid. From…

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Jim joined the RAF as an aircraft technician after war was declared, thinking it would not last long. He joined 75 Squadron at RAF Feltwell on Wellingtons, then went to RAF Mildenhall before returning to RAF Feltwell. He went to RAF Oakington and RAF…

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William Coulton was born in Derbyshire and worked as an errand boy for the Co-Op until he joined the Royal Air Force in 1943, aged 18. He trained as a flight mechanic and was posted to 115 Squadron at RAF Witchford where he worked on Lancasters. He…

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